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FTP Test Indoor Trainer

Trying to do a FTP test with my Stages SB20 smartbike and Edge 530. Thought this would be automated like the Zwift Ramp Test, but can't get it to work. I get to the FTP Test on the 530, and it is paired with the Stages Bike. 530 shows me the steps required for the test, beginning with a 20-minute warmup step. The subsequent steps appear to be like the increasing watts fo the Zwift test, but they never initiate. 530 just serves the warmup for 20 minutes and then just keeps on going with the warmup, never beginning the increased resistance steps. I would expect it to provide a cadence and watt measurement to work at. Is the Garmin FTP test automated, or do I have to initiate each of the steps by manually increasing the resistance myself? Or is there something I am missing entirely here? New to the world of the Edge series. 

  • I think you need to press the Lap button...

  • I just had the same problem, was hoping to see a solution here in the thread. Have you figured it out?

  • Actually, I haven't circled back to this yet. The lap button suggestion from Paul sounds plausible. That's what I might try this weekend. I have just been continuing in Zwift and using their FTP test since it is so simple and straightforward. I just wanted to find out about Garmin out of curiosity, and in case I abandoned Zwift at some point. 

  • Can you do me a favour and let me know if you try it again, I'm away from my bike for a few weeks and it would be nice to have an answer for when I get home. That's a bit rubbish if you have to press the button in between steps, it's a bit awkward to reach it and not what you want to be doing when you're trying to smash out 250W.